Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Smagin spoke about the situation between world champion Magnus Carlsen and American grandmaster Hans Niemann. Magnus accused his rival of cheating. After that, Niemann filed a lawsuit, demanding $ 100 million for damage to reputation. “It won’t affect the image of chess in general much. Perhaps, on the…
Sergey Smagin
Among men, Valery Loginov was the strongest of all, who scored 8 out of 11. In second place was Andrei Shalygin (7.5), in third was Sergey Smagin (7.5). Among women, Nina Sirotkina won (9.5), Galina Strutinskaia won silver (8.5), Tatiana Bogumil (8) won bronze. Technical results